Brendan Rodgers brings in ‘mind mechanic’ Dr Steve Peters

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Rodgers admits that management can be lonely and he wants supportAlan Walter

Tony Barrett

Last updated at 12:01AM, November 24 2012

Brendan Rodgers has enlisted the help of a renowned psychiatrist known as “the mind mechanic”, to work with the Liverpool players as he seeks to establish a winning mentality in his team.

Dr Steve Peters, who has worked with Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton, the multiple gold medal-winning cyclists, and Ronnie O’Sullivan, the four-times world snooker champion, was recently hired by UK Athletics. He has also previously helped Craig Bellamy, the former Liverpool forward, but this is the first time that he has had a formal arrangement with the club.

The Liverpool manager has asked Peters to offer non-compulsory sessions